Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Carnage (Vinyl)

Carnageis a new album byNick Cave and Warren Ellis, recorded over a period of weeks during lockdown. Although the pair have composed and recorded many soundtracks together, andEllisis a long-term member ofThe Bad Seeds, this is the first time they have released an entire album of songs as a duo.Cavedescribes the album as “a brutal but very beautiful record nested in a communal catastrophe.”

“MakingCarnagewas an accelerated process of intense creativity,” says Ellis, “the eight songs were there in one form or another within the first two and a half days.”CaveandEllis‘ sonic and lyrical adventurism continues apace on Carnage, an album that emerged almost by accident out of the downtime created by the long, anxious, global emergency.Carnageis a record for these uncertain times – one shot through with moments of distilled beauty and that resonates with an almost defiant sense of hope.

Tracklisting

1. Hand of God
2. Old Time
3. Carnage
4. White Elephant
5. Albuquerque
6. Lavender Fields
7. Shattered Ground
8. Balcony Man

Release Date:25 February 2021